Five arrests made in 'hotbed for criminal activity' in Morgan County, sheriff says

SOMERVILLE, Alabama -- The Morgan County Drug Task Force made five arrests Wednesday and is searching hundreds of acres in Somerville that investigators describe as a "hotbed of criminal activity," reports The Times news partner, WHNT News 19.

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All five suspects are being held on loitering charges, WHNT reports. Morgan County Sheriff Ana Franklin told WHNT that one suspect is a registered sex offender in another state who failed to register in Alabama.